thanks jeremy I finally figured it out, write before i read your email.. Doug On Thu, 2003-05-08 at 21:22, Jeremy West wrote: > In your .bash_profile, or /etc/profile, add a line like this > > JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/bin > > export JAVA_HOME > > That worked for me. > > > Jeremy West > > > > On Thu, 2003-05-08 at 18:51, Doug wrote: > > Hi folks. > > > > I've installed Tomcat and also the java sdk (apache says jdk, but the > > sun site only shows sdk), when i run the ./startup.sh in tomcat it comes > > back with JAVA_HOME environment is not defined. I've put > > PATH="$PATH:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/bin:." > > export PATH in both /etc/profile and the roots .bashrc files > > > > but still getting the same errors. anyone have any ideas what i'm > > missing or did wrong? > > > > tia > > > > > > > > -- Doug Linux user #299439